About Susan Fairchild Grant

Susan was born in New York to Eunice Noble and Charles Fairchild, but was adopted as a child by her grand parents, Ezekiel (1787-1856)and Theodocia Bates(1789-1869) Noble. She joined the church as a youngster and came to Utah with her uncle Joseph Bates Noble in Jedediah M. Grant's company in 1847. After marrying Jedediah on 11 Feb 1849, she bore him two children, Joseph Hyrum and Susan Vilate, in addition to raising his daughter, Caroline, by his first marriage and an adopted son, Lewis McKeachie. Following Jedediah's death, she married his brother George D. Grant in 1858 and bore him a son named Franklin Davis Grant. They were later divorced. Susan lived out her life in West Bountiful, where she was president of the ward Relief Society (1878-85) and then Stake Relief Society president from 1886 to 1892, when she was called to the General Relief Society Board.

Susan Fairchild Noble is the granddaughter Of Ezekiel Noble and Theodocia Bates; she was born to their daughter Eunice Noble and Charles Fairchild. She was raised by her grandparents and so was not called by her name Susan Noble Fairchild, but was known as Susan Fairchild Noble. She joined the LDS Church and went to Utah along with her uncle, Joseph Bates Noble, who was always referred to as uncle Bates not as her older brother.

source: familysearch.org - contributor LG Porter

Susan was 14 years old, when she traveled with Jedediah M Grant's Overland Company of 171 pioneers, leaving Winter Quarters - (North Omaha). It began its journey from the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River about 27 miles west of Winter Quarters. - contributor Helen Barton Peterson (Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel - site)